5 main topics for america

     Here in America, we have some major issues at hand.  Our planet experiences natural disasters everyday. From Earthquakes, tornados, volcano eruptions, to hurricanes. We as the human race need to help and fund each other so help rescue people after these disasters. Recently, these disasters have been getting much more severe.
      Our military are one of the largest, most trained, and highly funded militaries in the world. We have some of the most technologically advanced aircraft on planet earth. We have highly trained infantry, navy, and air force enlisted officers.  We do not need less soldiers, but maybe some more. you can never have a big enough army.
     Our air pollution is a serious problem. We have all of these diesel trucks and trains and boats, all just pumping black smoke into our clean air. It is tarring holes in our ozone layer and our green house effect is getting weakling, and strong at points, which isn't good. It is causing Us to have global warming, which is extreme hot and cool weather patterns.
     Our prisons are over crowded. We just keep throwing people in there, like they are subways in china, the guards pushing and shoving the people to make them fit. We need to have a purge, just to lower the crime rate, and the population would lower.
      We need a better department of highways. There a giant pot holes in our main roads, and our back roads. We need to find a good leader to fix all of or roads. They need to work on organization, and safety on the main roads, atleast the main roads.

11/6 BR

 Im glad West Virginia has broken history for something. She is 18 and a half year old, and shes making west Virginia proud now. Her being young will help and hurt her decisions. Her young age would give her a new and different prospective, and it will also hurt her because she hasn't had time to grow and learn everything about this country.

11/3 BR

    She had the right to die peacefully, with family and friends. She went out on her own terms and didn't have to live with her brain tumor.

Br 10/30

   This article is about the election taking place for the House of Representatives and the Senate seats. Shelley Capito is running and if elected, will be the first woman to represent West Virgnia. She would also be the first republican to be elected in West Virginia in the past 56 years. I agree with it, if i could vote, my vote would be for Shelley Capito. She is standing up for West Virginia, if we didnt have resources, like coal, then we would practiclly be worthless to america. The people without jobs anyways.

No, I am against the death penalty. I feel that jail time is a much more severe punishment than the "easy way out." Yes, they postponed it because of ineffective legal council.

BR 10/28

     I love reading about the crazy and stupid laws this country. The one for texas and Vermont and the two most funny ones, in my opinion. its hard to believe these state laws got passed, but I find them funny.

10/27 BR

1. Because he abandoned 304 people, mostly high school students, and they all died.
2. Agree, one hundred percent. The captain is a coward and should get the death penalty. He should have already got it.
3.Yes, definitely in this case. The captain should have been put to death the day he abandoned 304 kids on a sinking boat.

Assigment from tuesday, 10/14

Presidential Report Card

 

Name of President: ____Franklin D. Roosevelt__________________________

Number of Presidency:______32nd______________________

Years in Office: ___________1933-1945_______________________

In the following ten categories, grade your president from an A to an F. (You may “acknowledge” border-line grades with a – or a +).  You will need to give a 50 word justification as to why your candidate scored as they did. 

Category	Grade	Comments
Ability to handle and deal with a crisis	A-	He assumed the president’s role during the depression. He gave life and hope back to the people. He brought us out of the depression and got our dependence back.
Ability to work with Congress and Cabinet	C	On FDR’s second term, he realized that the courts were ignoring main key points in his new deal program. He took them to the supreme court and yet he lost the case, it paved the way for a constitutional revolution.
Character and Integrity	A+	He brought this country up from the bottom at its darkest time. He gave hope and brought new faith back into the people. He helped save America, and made us a thriving country.
Education	B	Undergraduate from Harvard, two year law school which he never finished from. He was home schooled his teenage years and never understood the use of public school.
Empathy	C	He knew he had to save America. He had to pick us up, and put us back on our feet. He helped save the U.S. from the depression.
Foreign Policy	B	When he was first elected, he quickly demonstrated his internationalist leanings.
Relates to the common man	B	He was born in a time without technology and electronics. He has grown to be a Harvard graduate and went to law school. This exceeds todays ‘common man.’
Persuasiveness	A	He persuaded the people to help him fix America in the 1930’s.
Political Experience	A+	He served many terms in the office and had many acheivments.

10/13 BR

1. No, it doesn't. It saves the photos on snapchat databases for 30 days.
2. No, it doesn't. The CIA and FBI can be hacked, then everything erlse can be.

10/10 br

1. This woman should be able to decide if she gets lethal injection. She has conquered Mt. Killmargaro. She should have the right to decide what happens to her.
2.Suicide is a cowards way out. She just doesn't want to suffer with the brain tumor. Suicide is your back up plan, its your way out. She just wants what she wants.\
3.I would probably feel the exact same way. I would want to go out on my own terms, with my own decision. And with my family there with me. it wouldn't be vulgar or messy. It would be a shot and she would be peaceful after that.

BR10/9

1. That they are doing much better than us. We only owe 18 trillions dollars and they are making 1800.00 dollar hamburgers.
2.I would try it, who wouldn't try a free hamburger worth more than an ounce of gold?

br 10/8

No, I am not, not about the sexual harassment, but about the 2.13$ minimum wages.
It should be addressed the way they are doing it. They are doing the correct approach to this delicate matter.

BR10/3

1. It about the new proposal that will charge residents of Belington money to live in the city yearly, along with other maintenance restrictions.
2. One was in more depth. The one was comments from citizens of Belington, and the second one was a report about the town meeting.
3.It shouldn't be allowed anywhere in the united states.

BR 10/3

1.This is one of the most stupid proposal Belington has ever had.
2.I can not think of any right it violates, maybe the 9th amendment. But I don't know the rights for it.
3.The population of Belington will lower and people will be struggling more to rent houses or pay their rent.

BR 10/2

1. Because of its slow transferring time.
2.Influenza and the measles.
3. That it could be altered by a terrorist and made a much quick progression to this already deadly disease.

1. He should of been penalized because the rule states no celebrations on the ground unless its praying, well, he was praying.
2.It deals with the first amendment, freedom of religion.
3.By making sure the referees know the rules, or by changing the rules to ban praying also.

BR 9/30

1. It just adds more rules and laws on sexual assault charged and court cases that deal with it.
2.It makes the court cases a lot harder to decide a fair and right decision.

assigenment 9/29

1. The article I read was about the second amendment. It says that if the other amendments are not restricted to the persons home, why should concealed handguns be restricted? It was for the right to bear arms and being able to carry concealed weapons.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/02/21/right-to-bear-arms-doesnt-stop-at-front-door
2.A woman from Michigan argued that the 14th amendment was to protect all American citizens equally, not just the blacks. It stands to show we are all equals, despite race or color. This is sure to spark a fury of debates, lectures, and arguments.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/16/antonin-scalia-sends-sparks-14th-all-not-only-blacks/
3.An police officer noticed three men pacing infront of a jewelry store and suspected a robbery. He approached the men and Identified himself. He then stopped and frisked the three men to se is they had any concealed guns on them. The men said the frisk violated their 4th amendment rights.

BR 9/26

The percentage is so low because of the laziness that comes with the internet and cellphones. They have thought us that We can do everything and talk to everyone from the couch. We could inspire people to go to college, we could help them find a college or build a community college for cheaper prices.

BR 9/24

The extention on the smoking ban is a good thing, it helps keep down second hand smoke and keeps  nonsmoking people in plesant moods.

9/23 BR

1. If we have Arabic allies, then we have people behind enemy lines. They could be used as spies, as a distraction, or for offense.
2.They will start stuff in the news and say what they want to do, but they wont.

9/22 BR

1. 16 years old is not a good age to start voting. They have not had American government or civics yet. It would be better to be 18, be out of high school and starting college, the workforce, or the military.
2. A reasonable age is 18, where its at now. That is the turning point of our lives and we need some new privileges.

BR 9/16/14

A reasonable punishment is whipping with a belt of switch. You shouldn't do it in front of the child's friends, due to public embarrassment. I was helping you and mrs/Shannon

BR 9/15/14

To raise a killer:
     This was about a 12 year old that was killed by a high school of age 15. One went to high school and the other was in middle school right beside it. The middle schooler went to the high schoolers house after school to trade parts off her new bike.

9/8/14 br

There is a Nazi spy living in Charles town West Virginia. He is 92 years old. At the beginning of world war two, he fled from Germany to the U.S. and volunteered for the u.s. army. He was captured ato nce point in time and Nazis jammed a pistol barrel in his mouth and broke some teeth.

BR 9/5/14

1. They can attach to your phone  and monitor your phone calls and text messages.
2. They might have to be manually used and it would make sense to keep them close. They could also keep a good eye on them and get better signals.
3.They could be, they want to keep an eye on everything, even if its not their business. It would make sense to put them by military bases if it was the government, because the military could protect them.

bellringer 9/4/14

1. It will began to divide the countries citizens. They all have different opinions and beliefs.
2. Its a large country with a huge population. There are plenty of places to hide if necessary.
3.

bellringer 9/2/14

No, if its on the internet, someone can find it somehow. No, because I don't post anything I wouldn't regret. And yes, hacking if illegal.

Arizona shooting

1. The one to blame is the person who let a nine year old test a fully automatic weapon he first try.
2.Certain guns. Defiantly not a fully automatic weapon.
3.No, They are too young and wouldn't know how to properly check to see if the clip is full or if there is one in the chamber. And yes, Fully automatic weapons have progressed war and success for us. If held in professional hands, they are a serious killing machine.

bellringer 8/27

    One of the N.C. colleges invented a new nail polish. It is made to change colors when it is exposed to any date rape drugs. You stir the drink with your finger and it'll change colors immediately.

Syria bellringer, 8/26

We have an idea, that will provide targets to hit in Syria. That's only if the airstrike for Syria militants are approved. The U.S. government said they are not cooperating with the Assad regime.

bellrigner 8/25/14

    Around 3:30a.m. during the last week of august, a magnitude 6 earthquake hit California. 100$ million top was destroyed during the earthquake.

whats wrong with the goverment?

     Our largest problems in America are the gas prices, unemployment, and the U.S. debt. Coming right out of school, each person owes over 55 grand towards the debt clock. The working class of America is barely over 1/3 of the population for the U.S.
   
    First thing off of my head, big oil company's own America. They have congressmen and senator and mayor, even the presidential office in the palm of their hands, just with the power of money. Gas is 3.59$ a gallon. That' more ridiculous than when Clinton said " I have tried marijuana, only once, and I didn't inhale." One solution for this is everyone could stop buying gas and strike.

     Unemployment is a serious problem here in America. There are only a third of all Americans' working at the moment. This is why we are in debt, why have taxes if their isn't anybody working to take the taxes from. Also, why charge the poor people more for taxes and the rich people less?

     America owes 18 trillion dollars to a variety of different countries. Last year we made tons of budget cuts, these was going to pay off the debt in 15 years. Well, since then we have spent billions of useless, pointless things. I know that because we are America, one of the laziest and most mixed countries. We are filled with idiots, geniuses, average people. We have some of the healthiest, and unhealthiest people in the world.

     After writing this essay, I have realized that I know much more about America then I first realized. I didn't have to look any of this up, I learned it all from Mr. Bowers. He was such a wonderful and practically the perfect teacher.

Ice water challenge

http://www.alsa.org/news/archive/ice-bucket-challenge.html
http://www.indystar.com/story/life/diet-fitness/2014/08/19/ice-bucket-challenge-help-als-wet/14312699/
1. I think its pretty good, it has raised millions of dollars for ALS.
2. I believe its effective, because its working. Here I am, never heard of ALS before and when the Ice water challenge is involved in it, I hear about ALS. Its also effective because the ALS committee has 41 million dollars in donations.

taxes bellringer 8/20/14

1. This article was about a woman who put her corporate flag up in the Netherlands because of the tax rate in the U.S. She was saying that everyone should open over seas contracts and businesses because the tax rate is so much lower.
2. Taxes come from everyone, they help pay for bridges, playgrounds, parks, and federal funding.
3. The rich people and the big corporations. 99% of American money owned by americans is in the hands of 3% of the U.S. citizens.

bellringer for 8/19/14

1. The police should of came out and told the public what the officers name was that shot Mr. brown.
Instead of canceling school for a day, their local police department should of took extra care and patrolled around the school and near by streets.
2.Excessive force in my opinion means spraying bullets with no probable cause. If the victim had a lethal weapon, or charged at them, then use excessive force. I don't believe excessive force was used, all they did was " allegedly" shoot a robber.
3. They should be trying hard to disperse the crowd without tear gas. The tear gas isn't helping calm the people down but it makes them angry and does the opposite of calming them down. I would be trying my best to get all the information I could get to the crowd.

Dear Senior,
  
                      I have accomplished so much already at PB. I'm a completer in the study of Agriculture. I love coming to school, I just hate waking up so early. I would love to improve my people skills before I leave here permanently. I cant wait until I graduate, so I can jump right into the air force. These years at PB have changed myself a lot and it went by way too quickly. This time next year hopefully ill be in pilot training to learn to operate jets and commercial airlines.  This is the beginning of our lives, and I believe most of us are ready for it.

                                                                                             From: Your favorite guy.